A Round-Up Of Key Construction Cases In 2013

A Round-Up of Key Construction Cases in 2013

In this summary of one of the talks from the 2014 Construction Law Conference, we consider two cases Kathryn Noble discussed in her round-up of key cases from 2013. She discussed a third case, Parkwood Leisure Limited v Laing O'Rourke Wales and West Limited [2013] EWHC 2665 (which has implications for collateral warranties), which was considered in our blog last year 'Collateral Damage'.

Remoteness of loss

In John Grimes Partnership Limited v Gubbins [2013] EWCA Civ 37 a delay to the completion of a construction project resulted in loss to the developer as a consequence of reduction in the market value of the completed property over the delay period. The Court of Appeal held that the engineer who had caused the delay (John Grimes Partnership Limited)...